Docker’s new enterprise edition gives containers an out-of-the-box experience

docker_whale_dockerconeu When it comes to implementing a system like Docker’s container platform, it normally takes a very particular set of technical skills. Docker wants to remove some of the complexity involved in running their product set, and to that end released Docker Enterprise Edition today. Think of the enterprise edition as a package of tools designed to work seamlessly across any supported flavor… Read More Continue reading Docker’s new enterprise edition gives containers an out-of-the-box experience→

The day Amazon S3 storage stood still

Jeff Bezoz, CEO of Amazon. By now you’ve probably heard that Amazon’s S3 storage service went down in its Northern Virginia datacenter for the better part of 4 hours yesterday, and took parts of a bunch of prominent websites and services with it. It’s worth noting that as of this morning, the Amazon dashboard was showing everything was operating normally. While yesterday’s outage was a big deal… Read More Continue reading The day Amazon S3 storage stood still→

A year after Jasper acquisition Cisco expands the platform

cisco Just over a year ago Cisco bought Jasper Technologies for $1.4 billion, and with that transaction, created the company’s IoT cloud business. This week, Cisco is making a series of announcements at Mobile World Congress related to expanding the platform. When a startup like Jasper gets acquired by a big company like Cisco, the standard line of reasoning goes something like this:… Read More Continue reading A year after Jasper acquisition Cisco expands the platform→

Veeva defied detractors when it launched a cloud life sciences biz a decade ago

Veeva 10th birthday cake It’s safe to say that Veeva is not a household name, but 10 years ago this month the company launched the first of a set of enterprise tools, like content management and CRM, designed for the unique requirements of the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. You have to remember, this was a fairly revolutionary notion a decade ago when very few companies were running enterprise… Read More Continue reading Veeva defied detractors when it launched a cloud life sciences biz a decade ago→

FOSSA scores $2.2M to help developers manage open source licenses

Programmer coding. FOSSA wants to help developers manage the tricky terrain of open source license management, and today it announced a $2.2 million seed round. The company also announced that its license management product by the same name was available in open Beta. Let’s start with the funding, which was led by Bain Capital Ventures along with an all-star list of participants including Salesforce… Read More Continue reading FOSSA scores $2.2M to help developers manage open source licenses→

MobileIron adding IoT management to its arsenal

Internet of Things connecting in cloud over city scape. MobileIron, which went public in 2014, has been known mostly for helping large companies manage mobile devices, especially in a time when people tend to bring their own. Today it announced it was expanding that mission to the Internet of Things.
When you think about it, it’s a logical move for a company that is used to overseeing a large number of devices and helping IT keep them secure. Read More Continue reading MobileIron adding IoT management to its arsenal→

IBM wants to bring machine learning to the mainframe

IBM z13 mainframe computer IBM wants to bring machine learning to its traditional mainframe customers, and eventually to any technology with large data stores hidden behind a company firewall in what IBM calls a “private cloud.”
Yes mainframes, those ginormous computing machines from an earlier age, are still running inside some of the world’s biggest companies including banks, insurance companies… Read More Continue reading IBM wants to bring machine learning to the mainframe→

Samanage raises $20M and makes enterprise play with new Salesforce integration

Woman in call center on phone Samanage, makers of customer service software in the cloud, had a couple of major announcements today. For starters, they got a $20 million investment, and they also announced a major step: the launch of their enterprise product on the Salesforce platform. Let’s start with the funding. The round included money from Carmel Ventures, Gemini Israel Ventures, Marker LLC, Salesforce Ventures… Read More Continue reading Samanage raises $20M and makes enterprise play with new Salesforce integration→

Why AWS has such a big lead in the cloud

AWS logo When you look at the size of the cloud market, it’s astonishing that AWS is the undisputed leader, and probably will be for the foreseeable future. Considering the competition is the likes of Google, Microsoft, IBM and Oracle; AWS’s big lead is even more surprising. The question is how did AWS build such dominance? The simple answer is that it was first, but as Andy Jassy, the AWS… Read More Continue reading Why AWS has such a big lead in the cloud→

Salesforce adds some artificial intelligence to customer service products

Customer service reps Last Fall when Salesforce introduced Einstein, its artificial intelligence initiative, it debuted with some intelligence built into the core CRM tool, but with a promise that it would expand into other products over time. Today it announced it was adding Einstein AI to its Service Cloud customer service platform. The goal is to make life easier for customer service reps and their managers.… Read More Continue reading Salesforce adds some artificial intelligence to customer service products→